Carbon Dynamics in New Zealand’s Native Forests - Native forests play an important role in storing and sequestering carbon in the New Zealand landscape. They do not sequester… …
Climate Change – New Zealand and International Responses - Despite the critical need to address climate change, caused primarily by increasing levels of carbon dioxide (CO2) in the atmosphere… …
Renewable Energy - Renewable energy is energy derived directly or indirectly from sunlight, wind, rain, tidal flows and ranges, waves, and thermal energy… …
New Zealand’s Paris Target - New Zealand’s commitment under the Paris Agreement, as stated in our Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC) promises that “Emissions will be… …
Social Impacts of Climate Change - Climate change, combined with a number of factors including groundwater extraction and other pressures from population increases, is already impacting… …
Climate Change and Sea Level Rise - Current predictions are that global warming will likely heat up the world’s lower atmosphere between 2°C and 6°C by 2100.… …Climate Change and Primary Industry in New Zealand - The annual carbon dioxide equivalent of total global emissions is about 49 Gigatonnes (49 thousand million tonnes), using figures from… …
New Zealand Energy Security And Climate Change - This paper sets out the case for taking early and effective action to improve New Zealand’s energy security, and doing… …
Climate Change Mitigation – Rapid Change Needed To Restrict Global Warming To Below 2°C - The world’s climate is changing, but it remains possible to slow down the speed and extent of change if all… …The Carbon Cycle – Towards Becoming Carbon Neutral - Early chemists believed that organic compounds were fundamentally different because they contained a vital force that was only found in… …